This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JURSCHAK; FUHS Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/746 Message Board Post: the Harlan, Iowa News-Advertiser May 16, 1966 The Life Story of -- Peter Jurschak, Sr., 95 Peter Jurschak, Sr., was born Jan. 31, 1871, in Austria, the son of Mary and Peter Jurschak. He died at the Myrtue Memorial Hospital May 1, 1966, at the age of 95 years, and three months. He came to the United States at the age of 17 and settled near Defiance. He farmed in Shelby County around Defiance and Westphalia until buying a farm northeast of Portsmouth. He has made this his home until April 1, 1965, when he became a resident of the Little Flower Haven. He married Mary Margaret Fuhs at Portsmouth, Jan. 6, 1906, and to this union seven children were born. They are: Frances, Mrs. Charles Bushon of Omaha; Marie Ann Kloek (deceased); Peter Jurschak, Jr., of Portsmouth; Margaret Jurschak of Omaha; Gertrude Jurschak of Chicago; John Jurschak of Harlan; and Joe Jurschak of Portsmouth. Mr. Jurschak was affiliated with Our Lady of Fatima Church of St. Mary's Parish at Portsmouth. He was preceded in death by: his wife, a daughter, two grandchildren, two brothers, Steve and John, and two sisters, Mary Domino and Kate Libovich. In addition to his six children, he is survived by 35 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. Funeral services were Tuesday, May 3, 1966, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Church with The Very Rev. Msgr. Michael W. Schwarte officiating at the Requiem High Mass. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery in Portsmouth.